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Volunteer Helps Lighten the Burden on Those Less Fortunate

By Catherine Lee On an August afternoon last summer, attorney Elizabeth Meers helped to serve more than 100 meals to people in need outside the G Street headquarters of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington....

by Foster Dennin

January 24, 2023

Knowing That Gifts Will Go Where Needs Are Greatest

By Catherine Lee Anne Kline remembers precisely the moment she met her future husband, Geoff Pohanka. She was at a...

by Foster Dennin

January 3, 2023

A Christmas Message from Father John

I have realized more and more this month that so many of the good things that happen at Catholic Charities speak to us of God’s love for the poor. A number of years ago, we were...

by Father John Enzler

December 21, 2022

‘The Arms of Catholic Charities Are in A Lot of Places in The Area’

By Catherine Lee Several of Christiana Fabare’s eight children are struggling with serious medical conditions. She has diabetes, and her...

by Foster Dennin

December 13, 2022

Greeting Weary Travelers with Compassion

By Sister Sharlet Ann Wagner, CSC Sister Sharlet Ann Wagner, CSC, Executive Director of the Newcomer Network On April 12,...

by Foster Dennin

December 13, 2022

Community Comes Together in A Housing Emergency

Imagine overcoming obstacles to find a place to call home only to lose that home in a fire. That was the experience of 27 men living at Catholic Charities’ McKenna House on Park Road in Northwest...

by Foster Dennin

December 12, 2022